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Welcome! This wiki is to support the Independent Schools Area 6 ICT meeting at Bilton Grange on 23 April 2009. The hope is that by providing a place to pull threads together, further collaboration and conversation can take place. Feel free to edit any existing pages and add any that you believe need creating! :-)

Drew Buddie: Twitter / Blog

Doug Belshaw: Twitter / Blog

'A Journey to the Clouds - an overview of the 21st Century Learning Landscape'

Drew's session (pupil-focused)

Aviary - creative image editing suite (http://aviary.com/home)
Glogster - interactive online poster-making app. (http://glogster.com)
GoAnimate! - create animations quickly and easily (http://goanimate.com)
Google Docs - collaborative document/spreadsheet/presentation creation (http://docs.google.com)
Indispensable Tools Wiki - Crowd-sourced list of tools (http://indispensabletools.pbwiki.com)
Kerpoof - Disney-owned way to create images and animations (http://kerpoof.com)
Moviestorm - 3D animation software (http://www.moviestorm.co.uk)
Powerleagues - Interesting visual survey tool to provoke debate - (http://www.powerleague.org.uk)
Samorost - point & click puzzle adventure (http://amanita-design.net/samorost-2)
Slideshare - share slideshows online (http://www.slideshare.com)
Toondoo - create comic strips (http://toondoo.com)
VoiceThread - online conversations around various media (http://voicethread.com)
Wikispaces - create wikis like this one (http://wikispaces.com)
Wordle - create Word pictures to illustrate texts (http://www.wordle.net)
Xtranormal - text-to-movie app. (http://xtranormal.com)
- Competition: http://mixable.co.uk
- Puresolo.com - professional backing tracks, etc. (http://puresolo.com)
Ideas to Inspire- collection of collaborative classroom ideas using web 2.0 and other ICT tools- http://www.ideastoinspire.co.uk

Doug's session (teacher-focused)

Animoto - very easy-to-use video-creation from images app. (http://animoto.com)
Delicious - social bookmarking website (http://delicious.com)
Edmodo - way to interact with students in VLE-like environment (http://edmodo.com)
Flickr - photo-sharing community website (http://flickr.com)
Google Apps Team Edition - collaborate online with colleagues and students (http://www.google.com/apps/edu/index.html)
Google Earth/Maps - use the Earth as a blank canvas! (http://earth.google.com / http://maps.google.co.uk)
Google Reader - RSS feed reader (http://google.com/reader)
PortableApps - take free applications with you, installed on your memory stick (http://portableapps.com)
Posterous - very easy-to-use and 'intelligent' blog-by-email platform (http://posterous.com)
Prezi - interactive 'zooming' presentation tool (http://prezi.com)
Vixy - YouTube video conversion (http://vixy.net)
Voki - animated characters speak your text or recorded voice! (http://voki.com)
Zamzar - YouTube video conversion (http://zamzar.com)

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Independent Schools Area 6 ICT meeting (http://area6ict.wikispaces.com)

'A Journey to the Clouds - an overview of the 21st Century Learning Landscape'

Drew's session (pupil-focused)

Doug's session (teacher-focused)

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